A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICALMATERIA MEDICABy John Henry CLARKE, M.D.Presented by Médi-T ®

Chenopodium Vulvaria.

Stinkender Gänsefuss. N. O. Chenopodiaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant.

Clinical.─

Constipation. Enuresis. Scapula, pain
under. Spleen pain.

Characteristics.─

Chenop.
v. has an odour of decaying fish, and contains Trimethylamene. It constantly
gives off ammonia. It has been proved, and seems to affect the left side more than the
right, but the following recalls the characteristic of Chen. anth.:
Pain in middle of back on right side of spinal column, increasing gradually to a pressing
wedge-like pain, beneath right scapula, < when
sitting. There is also a pain over spine of left scapula. Pressure on the left side of the
head. Constipation with external piles. Nocturnal enuresis. Sensations of dulness and
fulness appear in many parts. Cold saliva; cooling sensation in abdomen. There is
restlessness caused by pricking pains. Sitting < pain
in back; this is > by bending backwards. Walking < stitches in spleen and pain in right knee.

Relations.─

Compare:
Am. c., Trimeth., Chen. a., Aphis.

SYMPTOMS.

2. Head.─

Feeling of dulness, beginning both sides
of head behind ears, going upward; in upper occiput; returning in waves.─Tenderness
left parietal region.

4. Ears.─

Dull, muffled, obstructed feeling in
ears.

8. Mouth.─

Peculiar sensation in tongue, as if
enveloped by saliva.─Constant cold saliva.─Saliva
feels cold, esp. left side of mouth.

11. Stomach.─

Unusual thirst.─Dulness
and yawning,> after eating.─Better
after drinking wine.─Acidity with pain in stomach and epigastrium,
extending to l. side into chest.

12. Abdomen.─

Stitches in upper part of region of
spleen while walking.─Cooling sensation, felt first in mouth, then
hypochondriac region, then abdomen.─Twitching in l. abdomen, extending
toward groins, followed by pain in l. forearm.

13. Stool and Anus.─

Urging to stool; stool softer
than usual.─(Constipation improved.).─Constipation
for three or four days and then with difficulty; external piles.

14. Urinary Organs.─

Urine increased, offensive.─Urging
to urinate.─(Nocturnal enuresis improved the first night.)

15. Male Sexual Organs.─

Increased desire,
followed by diminished desire and erectile power, but undiminished secreting power.

16. Female Sexual Organs.─

Amenorrha.

18. Chest.─

Fulness in chest, in region of last
ribs.─Feeling in lower lobe r. lung as if some fluid wanted to discharge
itself into region of duodenum.

20. Neck and Back.─

Severe stitching-pressing r.
side of back, > bending backward.─Sensitive
spot in back, region l. hypochondrium, soon after having eructated.─Pain
directly over spinous process of l. scapula, as if pressed by two or three fingers.─Pain
middle of back r. side spinal column, increasing gradually to a pressing, wedge-like pain
beneath r. scapula, < when sitting.─Painful
weariness and weakness in lumbar and lower dorsal region.

22. Upper Limbs.─

Weakness in hands and arms.─Twitching
in l. forearm while sitting still.─Jerking pain like electric shocks
through l. forearm, from forearm to fingers, but without muscular contraction.─Pain
deep in inner side l. forearm.─Pain in middle of l. radius, particularly
severe in small spot.

23. Lower Limbs.─

Pricking here and there in legs
and other places, compelling him to move.